Make a Brush Pile - PEP BB animal.sand.pile

This is the area where I am building my brush pile. It is located west and upslope of my hugelkultur bed on Plum Plateau at Basecamp.



This is my brush pile after I spent the remaining sunlight working on it after Bootcamp.



This is another in progress photo of my brush pile.



This is my brush pile completed that is obviously more than five feet tall and five feet wide, with measuring tapes.



The mostly vertical measuring tape reads a little more than 8 feet, and the measuring tape on the ground reads a bit more than 9 feet.



This is a picture showing my brush pile, in relationship to my hugelkultur on Pulm Plateau. This is to demonstrate that my brush pile is located near a garden.

Here is my BB evidence:
Hauling brush, Area without brush pile, Final brush pile(fence post on left is 5ft tall for reference), Brush pile close up.

Here's my brush pile.  It was started well before this thread, and I'm not about to move it or start another one just to prove something.
I just threw 3-4 shrubs worth of dead birch and sucker cherry trees on it.  A year and a half, and I can still see over the pile, so it is MAYBE 5 feet high.  But it's about 25 feet wide by 10 deep.  I guess I don't qualify for any badge.  But that's OK, I got nothing to prove.  I have animal shelter.

I actually have a pile like that, too. We've been adding to it since we moved in 7 years ago, so I have no before pictures. To get the badge bit, I just made another pile nearby it, and took the pictures, and then added it to the other one. Sure, it was a bit more work, but I wanted the shiny badge, so I just did it.

Hello there!



At the 2019 PEP Jamboree, I cut down a tree. Then I limbed it. Then I used the limbs to make a brush pile. Turns out, it's right next to Mike's! Maybe our brush piles will be buddies, eh?

I think I can do this BB as soon as I've got time. I already have a brush pile, but it isn't in the right spot. And I have more hedges and bushes to trim, so there will be plenty for a pile 5 ft wide and 5 ft high (I think). Now I'll have to think of a nice spot to put that pile.

I can attest to the value of these piles for birds. Mine are accidental, the slash from trimming and tree removal that has to dry before burning. I notice that, for the first year especially, chickadees and house wrens work these piles methodically. I assume the newly cut green branches create a great insect habitat, and the birds are feasting on high-calorie snacks.

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:I think I can do this BB as soon as I've got time. I already have a brush pile, but it isn't in the right spot.  

Remember to take all the required pictures  I've messed that up more than once...

Mike Haasl wrote:

Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:I think I can do this BB as soon as I've got time. I already have a brush pile, but it isn't in the right spot.  

Remember to take all the required pictures  I've messed that up more than once...

Thank you Mike, for that reminder.